Lots and Lots of fabrics

We are busy moving things around, putting holiday fabric away and switching out our palette from red and green to more red and white!  We have lots of new fabrics starting to appear on the shelves and more new project ideas underway.

Atelier 3 Sisters

Hearts Content by Laundry Basket

We have layer cakes and jelly rolls for this beautiful Laundry Basket group.  Pre-cuts are a great way to get more variety and a head start on a project you can whip up at your next sewing retreat!

Evergreen Curated Fat Quarters

Paradise

Hmmm...pillowcases, aprons or just dreaming of summer?

Camping Theme prints

 All My Heart

 Ombre Dots

We love the variety of colors and motifs showing up in these contemporary collections - they make great wearables, tote bags as well as quilt.  

Anna Maria Horner Honor Roll 

Hope you have some fresh projects to get 2015 off to a great start!

Fall Favorites

We are gearing up for trick or treating...for example, quality control is well underway on the candy.  

But one of the best treats is our new wool pincushion.  We found an easy peasy free pattern online and there you go!  We have wool kits ready to go if you don't have a stash of fall colors to create one.  

Who loves candy corn? 

Here is the link for the pattern!

Curated Bundle Edition No. 5

Our latest curated bundle of 1800's fat quarters, Butternut blue, features a range of blues and butternut gold a perfect addition to a fall quilt?

Haberdashery

And here is a collection of Jo Morton, all light feathery prints with soft colors in gold, grey and brown.  These are lighter than some of the earlier 'toast' collections and are a nice addition!

Hope you have a chance to take in the La Conner Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival this weekend!

Curated Short Stack

Midsummer bloom - here is a collection of 6 fat quarters, featuring blooms of different types and colors... a perfect summer bouquet to add to your stash!

Of course, these are just a few of our favorite florals and there are lots of other gorgeous blooms to choose from.  Here is a favorite summer quilt that showcases a soft palette with birds and flowers.  This is a versatile fat quarter friendly pattern...perfect for all those fat quarters you might have grabbed recently?!

Vienna Garden

Enjoy some stitching time!

Berries and Cream Curated Short Stack

Tis the season...here are a few of our favorite reds and creams...just add some shortcake and you've got a delicious treat!  These fat quarter stacks will appear each month, featuring a color theme, flavor of the week or just whatever odd combination might strike us.  These are the perfect addition for your collection - something to add an unexpected touch to your scrap project, that might not be the same as what you choose on your own.  Enjoy!

Oh yes, and tis the season for more than just berries and cream, our favorite holidays are creeping up on us, and yes, that could be in December or for those of us partial to the chocolate seasons, that would mean October is right around the corner.   We are starting to get some GREAT fun holiday prints so stop by soon and see what has been added to the shelves!

holiday metallics

We are working on some new holiday projects - and we'll have those available soon, but you don't have to wait until then to find a use for the two newest shades of grunge - a plum and a rouge color that are fun additions to some of the neutral colors we've stocked previously.  

creepy bats, spider webs and spooky trees from Moda

And then - there are a couple of new solids that fit into the 1800's collections very nicely.  They are new colors for us, one called Moss, the other is Old Gold.  The Moss, is the one featured in a few of the quilts by Biz Storms and Mary Elizabeth Kinch.  We talked about this at the workshop in April, and I was able to get a bolt of that lovely pea soup color....goes with everything?!

Happy Stitching!

Workshop wrap up

We had a great time with Mary Elizabeth last month, and from the feedback I am hearing, the lecture at the guild was great too.  Mary Elizabeth was willing to travel with two LARGE suitcases, packed with large and small quilts so we enjoyed a great trunk show with a good variety of projects.  I didn't snap too many pictures of her projects - it was amazing to see the quilts from her books in person - pictures never do the fabric colors and textures justice I think.  

Mary Elizabeth trunk show

scrap frenzy in progress

There was alot of fabric involved in the two workshops - and a few scraps changed hands a few times...here is a picture of one work-in-progress from the pumpkin peel - it was fun to see the variety of styles, colors and even strip width variations - all the factors combine to alter the results.  

Pumpkin peel in progress

We took some time to enjoy those days of early spring - the tulips were just hitting their peak and Mary Elizabeth had a chance to see the patchwork fields in all their wonderful color!

Skagit Valley Tulip Fields

We are starting a new program with reproduction fabric this month, and plan to feature a carefully selected group of six fabrics each month.  We will bundle up a limited quantity of these fat quarter bundles, priced at $17.45, and we think these gems will be a great addition to your stash.  Build up your fabric collection and include some unexpected and interesting fabrics - and before you know it you'll have just the perfect combination for a spectacular scrap quilt!

curated swatches

Our first collection - was inspired from some of the fabrics hand-selected by Mary Elizabeth Kinch during her visit to Two Thimbles.  This is your chance for your stash to start to resemble hers -  (well...in a small way that is, but you have to start somewhere)!  We'll feature these bundles each month on our website while supplies last.

Happy Stitching!